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Glossary
#foundation planting
31 plants by
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Acorus gramineus
Grassy-Leaved Sweet Flag
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Japanese Sweetflag
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Japanese Sweet Flag
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Slender Sweet Flag
4 Cultivars
Agapanthus cultivars
African-Lily
Buxus 'Green Gem'
Green Gem Boxwood
Buxus 'Green Mountain'
Green Mountain Boxwood
Buxus 'Green Velvet'
Boxwood
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Green Velvet Boxwood
Buxus harlandii
Harland Boxwood
1 Cultivar
Buxus microphylla = B. sinica
Littleleaf Boxwood
3 Cultivars
Buxus microphylla var. japonica 'Borderline'
Japanese Boxwood
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Littleleaf Boxwood
1 Cultivar
Buxus sempervirens 'Aureovariegata'
Variegated Boxwood
Buxus sempervirens 'Elegantissima'
Elegans Boxwood
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Variegated Boxwood
Buxus sempervirens 'Suffruticosa'
English Boxwood
Buxus sempervirens 'Vardar Valley'
Vardar Valley Boxwood
Calycanthus 'Aphrodite' pp#24,014
Aphrodite Sweetshrub
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Sweetshrub
Camellia sasanqua
Sasanqua Camellia
1 Cultivar
Ceanothus x pallidus
California Lilac
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Ceanothus
1 Cultivar
Cornus mas
Cornelian Cherry Dogwood
3 Cultivars
Eleutherococcus sieboldianus
Angelica Shrub
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Five-fingered Aralia
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Fiveleaf Aralia
Exochorda racemosa
Common Pearlbush
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Pearlbush
Gardenia jasminoides 'Radicans'
Creeping Gardenia
1 Cultivar
Ilex aquifolium
Common Holly
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English Holly
10 Cultivars
Ilex opaca
American Holly
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Holly
6 Cultivars
Indigofera kirilowii
Kirilow Indigo
Kolkwitzia amabilis
Beautybush
Leucothoe racemosa
Swamp Doghobble
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Sweetbells Leucothoe
Loropetalum chinense f. rubrum 'Razzle-Dazzle'
Chinese Fringe-Flower
Philadelphus coronarius
Fragrant Mockorange
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Sweet Mockorange
2 Cultivars
Picea pungens 'Fat Albert'
Blue Spruce
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Colorado Spruce
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Fat Albert Spruce
1 Cultivar
Plectranthus argentatus
Silver Plectranthus
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Silver Spur Flower
Polystichum polyblepharum
Korean Tassel Fern
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Tassel Fern
Viburnum davidii
David Viburnum
Viburnum dilatatum
Linden Viburnum
